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Minimum Wage: You’re being unfair to us, Kaduna govt. tells NLC

Nathaniel Irobi by Nathaniel Irobi
December 2, 2024
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Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has began the implementation of the National Minimum Wage Act in the state, an official stated on Sunday in Kaduna.

Sani’s Chief Press Secretary, Malam Ibraheem Musa, in a statement said it was a misrepresentation for the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in the state to claim the state government has defaulted.

“It is unfair to lump the state with some others yet to do so,” he said.

Musa added that NLC’s lumping of Kaduna State with others was grossly unfair because the least paid worker received N72,000 as gross salary in the month of November.

‘’The Executive Governor of Kaduna State has complied with the spirit and letter of the National Minimum Wage Law, by paying the lowest paid civil servant N72,000 last month.

‘’NLC is harping on the issue of consequential adjustment, but the labour body should realise that there is a difference between salary increment and Minimum Wage,’’ the CPS explained.

He went on to disclose that Kaduna State receives an average of N8 billion from the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in Abuja every month.

“The state also generates around N4 billion monthly. That translates to N12 billion revenue monthly.

“But the monthly wage bill in the state has jumped from N5.4 billion to N6.3 billion with the implementation of the Minimum Wage last month.

“There is also the deduction of N4 billion for loan payments every month.

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‘’So, the wage bill and the deductions have gulped over N10 million out of the total N12 billion revenue.

“That leaves only N2 billion for rural transformation, overhauling the health sector, revamping education and providing dividends of democracy to the people of Kaduna State,’’ Musa said.

He then contended that it would be unfair for the Kaduna State Government to spend almost all its revenue on consequential adjustments, after paying the mandatory Minimum Wage.

‘’There are over 10 million people who are also entitled to the accrued revenue of Kaduna State.

“There are 84,827 civil servants in the state.

“So, it is unreasonable for Government to spend over 90 percent of its revenue on just about one percent of the population,‘’ the governor’s spokesman explained.

He then pleaded with the NLC to exercise patience over the consequential adjustments, pending when Government’s revenue would improve.

“Gov. Uba Sani is labour-friendly.

“Kaduna State Government has already bought buses for civil servants which will convey them to and from work free of charge, as part of the palliatives to cushion effect of prevailing economic challenges,” Musa said.(NAN)

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